Conditions Treated
The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center treats patients with disorders of the kidney and urinary tract. Areas of special interest include:
Abnormalities of fluid and electrolytes
- Alterations in sodium and potassium
- Disorders of acid/base
Acute glomerulonephritis and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein-Nephritis
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- Systemic vasculitides including systemic lupus erythematosus
Nephrotic Syndrome
- Membranous glomerulopathy
- Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome
- Steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome
Renal Failure
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
Congenital and inherited diseases
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Nephronophthisis and medullary cystic kidney disease
- Renal cystic diseases
- Renal dysplasia
- Syndromes and malformations of the urinary tract
Inherited glomerular diseases
- Alport's disease
- Thin basement membrane diseases
Hypertension
- Essential hypertension
- Renovascular
- Syndromic
Tubular disorders
- Aminoaciduria
- Cystinosis
- Cystinuria
- Disorders of phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D metabolism
- Fanconi's syndrome
- Glycogen storage diseases
- Glycosuria
- Hyperoxaluria
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Renal tubular acidosis
Other Conditions Treated
- Tubular interstitial nephritis
- Urinary tract infections
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Enuresis
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrolithiasis
- Obstructive uropathy
- Sickle Cell Nephropathy
- Transplantation
